
US Judge Darrin Gayles rejected Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal newspaper for the second time.
The US court again rejected the defamation lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the Wall Street Journal due to the Jeffrey Epstein-related news, on the grounds that it had no legal basis.
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Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal due to a news article published by it.
In the US, the court again rejected the lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper, which reported that he "had ties" to Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in prison while he was on trial for allegedly running a prostitution network for underage girls.
US District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled that Trump's claims that WSJ insulted him with the news published in 2025 had no legal basis.
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Gayles stated that Trump's claims were "conclusive, vague, sometimes contradictory to the news, and often irrelevant" and noted that there was not enough evidence provided to show that the newspaper deliberately published the news untruthfully.
The judge also rejected the previous version of the case in April, but gave Trump the right to reapply. This time, Gayles refused, which did not allow him to reopen the case. A spokesman for Trump's legal team stated that they would appeal the decision.
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